There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.